Glenda Chen
Senior Analyst, Global Transport
Work
Areas of expertise:
Process engineering, renewable energy, island resilience, translation and cross-cultural interpretation
Description
Glenda conducts technical policy and scientific analysis on sustainable aviation fuels, advocating for practical solutions to accelerate a responsible energy transition. Her work plants enabling conditions and high-integrity safeguards so that transformative technology in transport decarbonization can catalyze true benefits for people and planet across regional, national, and international system scales.
Background
Glenda holds a bachelor’s of science degree in chemical and biological engineering from Princeton University. She has collaborated with civil society members in Cuba and Puerto Rico on strengthening island adaptation and socio-ecological resilience. She brings experience liaising across borders, languages, and professions to facilitate scientific and cultural exchange.
Latest pieces
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Confronting aviation’s hidden air quality crisis with real solutions
Energy Exchange, December 11, 2024 -
Particulate matter pollution from aviation: Effective measures for changing the course of longstanding environmental injustices
EDF Library, December 10, 2024 -
Affordable aviation e-fuels are on the horizon
Energy Exchange, November 22, 2024 -
Intermittent production of electricity-based synthetic jet fuel as a demand-side management strategy for grid decarbonization
EDF Library, November 19, 2024 -
A North Star for Sustainable Aviation: Science, People and Nature.
Energy Exchange, April 24, 2023 -
A north star for sustainable aviation: science, people and nature
Energy Exchange Blog, April 17, 2023